Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Name: Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director: William Greaves
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-10-16
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper

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2026 · 100 min · PG-13 · Documentary

Overview

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.

Directed by William Greaves

Cast

Aaron Douglas — Self (archival footage)
Richard Bruce Nugent — Self (archival footage)
Ernest Crichlow — Self (archival footage)
Eubie Blake — Self (archival footage)
Leigh Whipper — Self (archival footage)